Re: Column Specific Update Trigger Routine - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Plugge, Joe R.
Subject Re: Column Specific Update Trigger Routine
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Msg-id BD69807DAE0CE44CA00A8338D0FDD08302D2654164@oma00cexmbx03.corp.westworlds.com
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In response to Re: Column Specific Update Trigger Routine  (Justin Graf <justin@magwerks.com>)
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This is what I have and it seems to work:

 

 

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION holly_unlock() RETURNS trigger

    LANGUAGE plpgsql

    AS $$

    BEGIN

            IF OLD.password != NEW.password

            THEN

            UPDATE hms_mtusers_rw set loginfailedcount = 0 WHERE userid = OLD.userid and ownerid = OLD.ownerid;

            RETURN NEW;

            END IF;

 

        RETURN NULL; -- result is ignored since this is an AFTER trigger

    END;

$$;

 

 

Thanks !!

 

From: Justin Graf [mailto:justin@magwerks.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 3:59 PM
To: Plugge, Joe R.; pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [SQL] Column Specific Update Trigger Routine

 

On 5/6/2010 4:12 PM, Plugge, Joe R. wrote:

I am trying to create a update trigger on a table that basically will only fire when a specific column is updated.  I am using version 8.4.3.

 

My plan of attack was to always fire on any row update, and pass in the OLD and NEW column that I want to check.

 

CREATE TRIGGER check_lockout

    AFTER UPDATE ON acct_table

    FOR EACH ROW

    EXECUTE PROCEDURE acct_unlock(OLD.userid,OLD.ownerid,OLD.password,NEW.password);

 

 

This fails with :

 

[postgres@linux1505 ~]$ cat check_lockout_trig.sql | psql testdb

ERROR:  syntax error at or near "OLD"

LINE 4:     EXECUTE PROCEDURE acct_unlock(OLD.userid,OLD.ownerid,OLD.password,NEW.password);

 

 

What am I doing wrong? Or is there a better way to go about this?

                                          

 

 

You don't call the trigger procedure with the old and new as parameters

new and old are automatically created for the function  acct_unlock() 

CREATE TRIGGER check_lockout

    AFTER UPDATE ON acct_table

    FOR EACH ROW

    EXECUTE PROCEDURE acct_unlock();


Next the trigger function would look something like this

create or replace function acct_unlock()
returns trigger as
$$

if  (OLD.userid <> NEW.password)
    do  something
end if;

$$


keep in mind the acct_unlock must be  returns trigger

Then return either NEW or the OLD record 
OLD if  not changing the record or NEW if  the updated values are to be stored in the table.



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